Drivers listening to adult contemporary radio along Interstate 4 in central Florida are hearing ads like this: "President Obama raised taxes on Florida's small businesses, and his defense cuts will weaken our military and put thousands more Florida families out of work. Mitt Romney has a better vision for America."

But the Democratic Party mailer, in my opinion, wrongfully and deceptively suggests the Register's editorial board favors Erie County treasurer JoDee Fantozz, the incumbent Democrat, in her race against Republican Jeff Krabill, by quoting statements made by a Krabill political foe and attributing

Excerpt from the Register editorial board's Viewpoint in the Sunday Register: Sandusky city commissioners Jeff Smith, Julie Farrar, Keith Grohe, John Hamilton and Pervis Brown all voted to spend an additional $13,000 for background checks, however, and vetting of the the police chief search committee's top candidates even though most of those candidates could not lawfully be appointed chief.

All the spare parts appear to be coming together to create what forecasters are calling "Frankenstorm," a monster combination of high wind, heavy rain, extreme tides and maybe snow that could cause havoc along the East Coast just before Halloween next week.